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Looks like I need to do this - anyone done this and has some advice?
Stems from not starting when HOT in Le Mans - some very hot relays and also a burnt engine fan fuse.
Car now home and starts fine.
Means I can loose all of the none required wires in the so called bespoke harness and the excess loom length.
Stems from not starting when HOT in Le Mans - some very hot relays and also a burnt engine fan fuse.
Car now home and starts fine.
Means I can loose all of the none required wires in the so called bespoke harness and the excess loom length.
Hard luck Mick, hope it doesnt take too long. If it is anything like mine you will find loads of wires that aren't on the wiring diagram, wires running in illogical directions and circuit layouts which suggest it was an artist rather an electrician who wired them. Virtually every time I have to do a wiring repair it seems I can see a better way of doing it! Lots of good stuff around now. If you haven't already got one, do get yourself a copy of Car Builder Solutions catalogue and spend happy hours thinking how to use all the nice stuff available now.
Bear in mind that the price of copper is so high at the moment that the old wire is valuable, might make enough to pay for a single front indicator lens!!
Bear in mind that the price of copper is so high at the moment that the old wire is valuable, might make enough to pay for a single front indicator lens!!
Luckily I never had to get into the electrics of my S2, but the wiring on the V8S is just plain silly in places. For example, the driving lights are operated by a relay and a switch, but the switch doesn't operate the relay. That would be far too simple. Instead the relay is operated by the dipped beam circuit and feeds power to the switch. Because - why wouldn't you want that?
I expect you'll find the S2 wiring was 'designed' by the same people so I hope you'll take the opportunity to fix it.
I expect you'll find the S2 wiring was 'designed' by the same people so I hope you'll take the opportunity to fix it.
Anybody worked on a Citroen DS or similar. All wires are green, with little numbered tags at the end. Have a look under that dash!!!
TVR is a piece of cake. but not terribly well cooked or with the best ingredients.
Remember those nice days when every British car used basically the same wiring colour codes? Oh for the days when green and white means right
TVR is a piece of cake. but not terribly well cooked or with the best ingredients.
Remember those nice days when every British car used basically the same wiring colour codes? Oh for the days when green and white means right
Alan Whitaker said:
Thanks for that.greymrj said:
Anybody worked on a Citroen DS or similar. All wires are green, with little numbered tags at the end. Have a look under that dash!!!
TVR is a piece of cake. but not terribly well cooked or with the best ingredients.
Remember those nice days when every British car used basically the same wiring colour codes? Oh for the days when green and white means right
M series cars used all black wire with coloured tags - as mentioned above.TVR is a piece of cake. but not terribly well cooked or with the best ingredients.
Remember those nice days when every British car used basically the same wiring colour codes? Oh for the days when green and white means right
Rather fewer wires than on an S though...
Highly recommend these guys - http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/
One tip - the modern thin wall cable is much better than the old school stuff - http://www.vehicle-wiring-products.eu/section.php/...
Edited by GadgeS3C on Thursday 28th July 17:12
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